Annual Benefit Auction

It is getting to be that time of year again….Time to be thinking about making plans to attend the Rabies in the Americas annual benefit auction to support both the Latin American Rabies Investigators Award and to invest in the future of the RITA Conference! We are again asking for your help in terms of donations and willingness to purchase items at the conference.

For the past few years in both Ottawa, Canada and in Brasilia, Brazil we have held a fun filled informal auction of items donated by RITA conference attendees and others dedicated to the prevention and control of rabies. Thanks to tremendous support in donations and a willingness of conference attendees to purchase these often “unique” donations we have raised thousands of dollars for a very worthy cause.

This year’s auction will again be held in conjunction with the RITA conference gala dinner on Wednesday, October 1, 2008.

To keep the momentum going in 2008 we are requesting that people donate items for the auction. Big, small, serious and funny — It’s all good and we want it! We will be collecting donated items at the conference registration desk in Atlanta as people arrive. However, if you would like to donate items, but will not be attending RITA this year please contact Richard Chipman at the email address below.

For more information contact: Richard Chipman (richard.b.chipman@aphis.usda.gov) or Luis Lecuona ( luis.lecuona@aphis.usda.gov)